Exploring Viewpoints and Color in Art

• Art and design
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Exploring Viewpoints and Color in Art

Learning Objectives

At the end of the lesson you will be able to identify how different artists have explored viewpoints in their work. At the end of the lesson you will understand how to incorporate the element of color into your own artwork to express a viewpoint. At the end of the lesson you will be able to analyze and interpret the use of viewpoints and color in selected artworks. At the end of the lesson you will have developed your own artistic interpretation of a viewpoint using color.

What do you already know about viewpoints and color in art?

Understanding viewpoints in art

Viewpoint: The perspective or angle from which an artwork is designed or viewed.

The role of color in expressing viewpoints

Color: An element of art that is used to express feelings, ideas, and perspectives through the use of hues, saturation, and value.

Analysis of artists who use viewpoints and color

Students are encouraged to explore various artists and sources to develop their own interpretations of these themes.

Development of personal artistic interpretation

Encouraging students to develop their own artistic interpretations of viewpoints using color.

Definition List

Viewpoint: The perspective or angle from which an artwork is designed or viewed. Color: An element of art that is used to express feelings, ideas, and perspectives through the use of hues, saturation, and value.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.